WYRE Technology

02/06/2026

Ah, 2021.

Remote work went mainstream, and a lot of people suddenly had to use tools they’d never been trained on ...

Here in 2026, that hasn’t changed.

And the truth is still the same: 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁.

New software, platforms, workflows ... none of it matters if your team dreads logging in.

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲? 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 how you avoid becoming the next viral moment (kitten filter optional).

02/05/2026

New WYRE sign, thanks to the efforts of Dave Baughn 🥳

02/04/2026

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀:

🔥 A login takes too long.
🔥 An error message pops up and disappears.
🔥 A tool suddenly gets a little … touchy.

By themselves? Easy to miss.

All together? Warning signs. And they often show up 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 before dramatic outages that knock out entire systems.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗧 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻.

Questions? WYRE always helps! 💪

02/02/2026

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝘆?

For a lot of businesses, the question isn’t “𝑫𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑰𝑻 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒔?”

It’s “𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑰𝑻 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔?”

To help CXOs get clarity fast, WYRE put together a simple, objective checklist you can use to see what’s working—and what’s falling behind.

01/30/2026

𝗔𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝘀, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟮?

Millions of people learned a beautiful design can still steer you straight into the middle of nowhere 👎

Lesson learned? 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗼𝘆 ... 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

01/28/2026

𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗜𝗧 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀.

It’s usually just convenient 🏎️

A quick download here ...

A free app there ...

A “𝘞𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 ...” 👨‍💻

But every unapproved tool creates 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 you can’t see—and can’t manage.

Here’s a quick WYRE: Brief on 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗜𝗧 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀 (and why it’s worth paying attention to).

Questions? WYRE always helps 💪

01/26/2026

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘂𝗽 👎

Let's look at how WYRE's proactive 𝗜𝗧 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 help keep your business moving, your staff working, and your downtime near zero (https://wyretechnology.com/it-support-user-device-management) 💪

01/23/2026

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮? 👩‍💻 🪟 👨‍💻

Microsoft said, “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒘 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑵𝒐𝒘.”

Most users said, “Wow . . . 𝘯𝘰.”

Lesson learned? 𝗨𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

01/22/2026

Microsoft 365 and Outlook Issues

There's an ongoing outage affecting Office 365 (including Teams and Store) and Outlook (inbound and outbound emails).

The error message you are likely to see is: “451 4.3.2 temporary server issue”

As of this writing, the issue is being worked on by Microsoft, but several services are still unavailable and will continue to be for an unknown period of time.

WYRE is aware of this outage, but unfortunately, we have no ability to fix it ourselves or know when it will be over.

We encourage you to periodically check in with your Microsoft services. If you need our help, feel free to reach out to Support:

423-874-8200

[email protected]

We’ve all been here before and hope for a speedy recovery!

–Team WYRE.

01/21/2026

𝗠𝘆𝘁𝗵: You have total control over your identity and the data surrounding it.
𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁: Even the most careful person can be compromised through systems they don’t control.

According to the 2025 ITRC Consumer Impact Report, before their data was compromised:

🔹 54.3% of victims used multifactor authentication (MFA)
🔹 46.5% had frozen their credit
🔹 34.7% didn’t reuse passwords

The truth is that even if you’ve locked down your own habits, your data still lives in other places:

◾ banks,
◾ healthcare providers,
◾ payroll processors,
◾ utilities, and
◾ even loyalty programs.

If 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 suffer a breach, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 info can be exposed.

Until institutions, platforms, and regulators treat data protection like public infrastructure—not optional overhead—the burden will keep falling on individuals.

What needs to change?

✅ Companies need to limit what data they collect and retain.
✅ Data brokers need oversight.
✅ Authentication needs to evolve beyond passwords and SMS codes.
✅ Breach info should be shared transparently.
✅ Governments and industries need to cooperate on secure digital identity.

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀.

What's 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 take?

01/19/2026

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗫𝗢𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗧 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀.

They just want clarity, fewer "oops" moments, and a partner they can trust.

That’s why we created "The Smart CXO’s Guide to Choosing an MSP."

Inside, you'll find valuable info on:

✔ what to evaluate in an IT partner
✔ what questions to ask before you sign
✔ how to spot red flags early—and save time, money, and frustration

𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗣𝗗𝗙. 𝗡𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀.

Not sure how to choose an MSP? You’re not alone. This free guide gives CXOs clarity on what matters, what questions to ask, and how to spot the right fit.

01/16/2026

𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸.

And it’s closer to your office than you think! 👀

Imagine:

🔹 Training that happens in the WORKSPACE, not in a slide deck.
🔹 Live specs and maintenance data hovering beside the machine you’re fixing.
🔹 Field techs collaborating through shared annotations in real time.

It’s not a far-off “future of work” headline anymore.

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁.